Author: Administrador

[The speaker will have his clock to show, and at the close he might set it a-going. Of course he will bring out, by questions or otherwise, the truth that the great Hand back of all human ability is God.] Here is a very pretty clock, children. The case is handsome and the face is … Continue reading “THE FOOLISH PENDULUM—AN ILLUSTRATION OF PRIDE”

Let the speaker write the name, upon the board. Then let him talk for a few minutes about Christ’s wonderful power. What did he do on earth, children, to show that power? He healed the sick. Think how much money he might have gained by curing lepers, and opening the eyes of the blind, and … Continue reading “CHRIST—RICHEST—A BLACKBOARD TALK”

(Show two wine glasses, one full of water colored with black ink, and the other full of water colored with red ink.) There was once a lad who was very sick indeed. The doctor brought him a little glass, like this, full of this black, ugly-looking medicine. It smelled bad and tasted worse, and the … Continue reading “TWO GLASSES—A TEMPERANCE TALK”

[It will be of interest if the speaker can show a shuttle with a thread attached to it.] Once there was a great loom, that was weaving a beautiful silk cloth, of many colors. Silk threads were stretched out in a long row, and that was called the warp. Then there were shuttles,—little spools of … Continue reading “THE SHUTTLE—AN ILLUSTRATION OF FAITHFULNESS”

[Objects the speaker will need: a bottle of medicine; a stone hung by a string; a knife to cut the string, letting the stone drop; a crooked plant; a straight plant, tied to a stake.] Sin is like sickness. It makes people weak and staggering. It keeps people from walking straight in their lives, just … Continue reading “WHAT IT IS LIKE—THREE ILLUSTRATIONS OF SIN.”

[The speaker should show to the children a piece of wood torn from a hollow and decaying log.] There was once a magnificent oak-tree, tall, and beautiful, and strong. The winds tried to blow it down, but the more they strained its tough fibers, the stouter they grew to hold the great tree up. The … Continue reading “IN THE HEART OF THE TREE—THE GREAT DANGER OF LITTLE
SINS”

Jack Collins, with his six friends, stepped into the rum-shop one evening. As they went out, late that night, walking very unsteadily, the saloon-keeper put a big stone right in the way of one of Jack’s comrades, and tripped him up. The comrade fell and was killed. That comrade was Jack’s Health. The next night … Continue reading “TRIPPED UP—A TEMPERANCE TALK”

[The speaker will produce the sign at the right moment. It will be very plainly printed on a large piece of pasteboard.] Once there were two dealers in shoes. One of them, Mr. Shameface, hardly liked to acknowledge that he kept a shop. He hung out no sign. He kept the curtain in his window … Continue reading “HANG OUT YOUR SIGN—A LESSON ON NOT BEING ASHAMED OF
ONE’S RELIGION”

1 THESSALONIANS 5:1–11 For you yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night (1 Thess. 5:2). None of us were eyewitnesses of the manifestations of Christ’s glory that we have studied so far. They all happened centuries ago in a faraway place. But the most magnificent … Continue reading “A GLORIOUS RETURN”

MATTHEW 16:13–20 Simon Peter answered and said, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God” (Matt. 16:16). As we reflect on the glory of Christ, we cannot do so without considering the glorious confession of His true identity in Caesarea Philippi. We learned yesterday that Jesus’ glory had been hidden from the world, … Continue reading “SON OF THE LIVING GOD”